Scary Walmart Facts You Really Should Know

Everyday Low Prices and 'Save Money Live Better' are slogans used by giant superstore Walmart. Saving money is a good thing, that we can all agree on, but at what cost to others and the community are you willing to save a few cents? These facts about Walmart most people probably don't know, and they should because this mega monster is slowly taking over our world, penny by penny.

#1 If Walmart Were A Country

It would be the twenty-sixth largest economy in the entire world, and that number is increasing yearly.

#2 Walmart Has 2.2 Million Employees

More than the entire population of the city of Houston and seven times more than the population of Iceland.

#3 Walmarts Yearly Net Sales Are Over Half A Trillion Dollars

That amount is more than Argentinas entire GDP and almost more than the GDP of Ireland, Singapore, and Austria.

#4 Ninety Percent Of Americans

Live within fifteen minutes of a Walmart store. 54% live within seven minutes of a store, and only 8% of Americans live further than 65 minutes from a store.

#5 Between The First Walmart Opening In 1962 And 2002

The number of single-owner shop retailers in the US declined over 55%. By the year 2015, that number of small businesses selling similar products declined to a record low of over 85%. Since 2012, Walmart has opened between two and five new stores somewhere in the world every week.

#6 The Walton Family Is Worth $150 Billion

They are worth more than Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, Michael Bloomberg combined.

#7 The Average Supercenter Sells Over 142,000 Individual Items

Thirty-five million people shop at Walmart every single day. That's as much as the entire population of Canada!

#8 Walmart Uses Other Names In Other Countries

They operate internationally under 55 different names. These include Walmex in Mexico, ASDA in Great Britain, Best Price in India, and Seiyu in Japan.

#9 This Year Alone

Everyone in the entire world will make an average of 2.1 purchases at a Walmart location. Each year nearly a third of the world's population visits Walmarts US stores alone.

#10 Walmart Is The Overall Largest Employer In The USA

They are also the largest employer period in 25 of the United States. The only employer bigger than the chain stores is the Federal Government.

#11 If They Put All Of The US Walmart Stores In One Place

They would take up more than 32 square miles. That's as much as 15,300 football fields! The parking lots of Walmarts in the US take up more space than the city of Tampa Florida.

#12 Five Walmart Stores In Seven States Suddenly Closed

Without a warning to employees, they shut and locked the doors on April 13, 2015 causing the layoff of 2,250 unsuspecting workers for six months. The company claimed the closures were due to plumbing issues. To keep these store closing in perspective, the average store nets about $162,000 per day. That's $144 million in lost revenue in that six months of closure that has yet to be explained. Some say it was in correlation to the military operation known as Jade Helm 15.

#13 To Keep The Six Month Closure In Perspective

It takes only 8 to 12 weeks once the foundation is poured for a new store to be built and opened, depending on weather conditions. So it's hard to imagine that it took SIX months to fix minor plumbing problems in the five closed store locations.

#14 Walmart Stores Collectively Profit

Nearly 7.8 billion dollars a year in federal subsidies and tax breaks from local and state agencies. This means that taxpayers contribute over 8 billion dollars a year to Walmarts existence outside of the money spent in the retail stores.